Constitution – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Thu, 05 Feb 2026 04:17:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Constitution – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Anti-Federalists: The Other Side in Drafting and Ratifying the Constitution https://brewminate.com/anti-federalists-the-other-side-in-drafting-and-ratifying-the-constitution/ Fri, 11 Feb 2022 18:04:21 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=171125 We can thank the anti-federalists for our Bill of Rights. Anti-Federalism was a late-18th century political movement that opposed the creation

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]]> John Adams and the Treaty of Tripoli: Religion, Politics, and 1796 Diplomacy https://brewminate.com/john-adams-religion-and-the-treaty-of-tripoli-in-1796/ Fri, 08 Oct 2021 17:16:07 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=162514 “…the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.”

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]]> Our Constitutional Crisis Is Already Here https://brewminate.com/our-constitutional-crisis-is-already-here/ Mon, 04 Oct 2021 17:45:43 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=162287 Republican loyalty has superseded branch loyalty, and never more so than in the Trump era. By Dr. Robert

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]]> Toasting the Losers of the Constitutional Convention https://brewminate.com/toasting-the-losers-of-the-constitutional-convention/ Mon, 04 Oct 2021 17:45:28 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=162292 Several skeptical delegates left Philadelphia earlier than the September 17, 1787 signing day. The earliest critics of the

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]]> Is the Presidency a License to Kill? War Powers and the Constitution https://brewminate.com/is-the-presidency-a-license-to-kill-war-powers-and-the-constitution/ Fri, 07 May 2021 18:23:55 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?page_id=152950 By Paul W. Lovinger George Washington presided as delegates to the Federal Convention in Philadelphia drew up the

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]]> Federalism, the Founders, and the Constitution https://brewminate.com/federalism-the-founders-and-the-constitution/ Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:32:15 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=123850 As the Union grew during the two centuries after the founding, state constitutions increasingly included enumerations of rights.

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]]> Lincoln’s Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus: An Historical and Constitutional Analysis https://brewminate.com/lincolns-suspension-of-the-writ-of-habeas-corpus-an-historical-and-constitutional-analysis/ Wed, 11 Mar 2020 18:15:30 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=119403 Habeas corpus can constitutionally be suspended – the question is by whom, Congress or the President? By James

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]]> The 1787 Constitutional Convention: Conflicts and Ratification https://brewminate.com/the-1787-constitutional-convention-conflicts-and-ratification/ Mon, 01 Oct 2018 17:51:39 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=71846 Although the original purpose of the convention was to amend the Articles of Confederation, some—though not all—delegates moved

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]]> Reframing the American Government at the Constitutional Convention https://brewminate.com/reframing-the-american-government-at-the-constitutional-convention/ Mon, 30 Jul 2018 17:39:43 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=66167 The Signing of the United States Constitution, by Louis S. Glanzman, 1987 / National Historical Park, Pennsylvania, Public

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]]> Gingrich to Trump about Business Conflicts: Ignore the Law https://brewminate.com/gingrich-to-trump-about-business-conflicts-ignore-the-law/ Tue, 27 Dec 2016 20:32:22 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=17053 Photo by Mark Treble, Flickr / Creative Commons By Dana Milbank / 12.27.2016 Washington Post Columnist Trump lieutenant

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